QFC Tournament 470 Round 3 PBP Commentary

Co-main event

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Pretty Tony (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Leon Khan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Leon Khan told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!

Tony
vs
Khan

177 cm
18
170 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

172 cm
18
181 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Cuts easily

Decent wrestler
Good elbows
Inexperienced

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Pretty Tony!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Leon Khan!
The judges for this bout are George Francis, Tiny Johnson and Stewart Dunkirk.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Khan gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Tony trying to control the position but instead, Khan has worked for underhooks and has pushed Tony into the cage.
Tony is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Khan trying to land knees to the body.
Tony is trying to break the clinch but Khan is controlling him.
Tony is working for takedown but Khan is calmly controlling the position for now.
Khan misses with an elbow over the top.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Khan just misses with a elbow thrown towards Tony's brow.
Tony trying to control the position but instead, Khan has worked for underhooks and has pushed Tony into the cage.
Khan throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Tony blocks it with crossed arms.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Khan lands an elbow just above Tony 's eye.

It looks like Pretty Tony has been cut.
Khan throws an elbow but it misses.
Khan misses with an elbow strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Khan misses with an elbow strike.
Khan tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Tony avoids it.
Tony blocks an elbow strike from Khan.
Khan creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Khan creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Khan lands a nice elbow.
Khan creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Khan lands an elbow just above Tony 's eye.
Tony blocks an elbow strike from Khan.
Khan tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Tony avoids it.
Khan is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Tony is defending well for now.
Khan pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Tony fails to pull guard.
Tony avoiding damage as Khan throws knees to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Khan changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Tony fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Khan closes the distance but Tony moves to the side
and Tony counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Khan looks to clinch
and Tony counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Khan tries to clinch
and Tony counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Khan tries to clinch up
and Tony counters with a nice leg kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Khan takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Khan wants to clinch but Tony slips to the side
and Tony counters with a nice low kick that buckles Khan's knee momentarily.
Khan tries to clinch but Tony moves out of range.
Tony lifts his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.

Khan gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Khan throws an elbow that misses.
A frustrated look appears on Tony's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Khan creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Khan creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Tony's defenses.
Tony fails to pull guard.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Pretty Tony. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Tony tries to break free but Khan pushes him back against the cage.
Khan misses with an elbow strike.
Khan tries to land knees in the clinch but Tony avoids the damage to the body.
Khan misses with a knee to the head.
Khan throws an elbow but it misses.
Khan is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Tony pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Khan lands an elbow inside.
Khan looking to throw knees to the head but Tony is blocking nicely.
Khan misses with an elbow over the top.
Tony avoids the elbow strike from Khan, against the cage.
Tony dodges an elbow strike from Khan.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Khan just misses with a elbow thrown towards Tony's brow.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Khan misses with an elbow over the top.
Khan using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Tony has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Khan looks winded!
Khan keeps control of Tony as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Khan misses with an elbow over the top.
Khan misses with a knee to the head.
Tony avoiding damage as Khan throws knees to the body.
Tony avoids the elbow strike from Khan, against the cage.
Tony trying to stall but Khan improves his position.
Khan lands a damaging elbow.
Tony avoids the elbow strike from Khan, against the cage.
Khan throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Tony avoids the elbow strike from Khan, against the cage.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Khan just misses with a elbow thrown towards Tony's brow.
Khan throws an elbow but it misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Leon Khan dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Pretty Tony's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

Khan darts in trying to clinch
and Tony counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Khan tries to clinch
and Tony counters with an inside leg kick.
Khan wants to clinch
and Tony makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Khan really felt that one!
Khan darts in trying to clinch
and Tony counters with a nice body kick.
Khan tries to clinch but Tony moves away
and Tony counters with a leg kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Khan tries to clinch up
and Tony counters with an inside leg kick.
Tony circles away from the clinch attempt
and Tony counters with a nice leg kick.
Khan's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Khan tries to clinch but Tony moves away
and Tony counters with a low kick, right behind Khan 's knee.
Tony circles away from the clinch attempt
and Tony counters with a low kick, right behind Khan 's knee.
Khan is breathing heavily.
Tony lands with a slapping head kick.
Pretty Tony is winning the standup battle so far.
Khan moves to clinch but Tony breaks away
and Tony finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.

Khan moves into the clinch.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Khan just misses with a elbow thrown towards Tony's brow.
Khan pushes off an throws an elbow but Tony leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Khan throws an elbow that misses.
Tony blocks the elbow strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tony dodges an elbow strike from Khan.
Khan throws an elbow that misses.
Khan looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Khan pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Khan throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Tony is pressed up against the cage. Khan has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Tony down to the mat. Tony avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Khan tries to clinch
and Tony counters with a head kick.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Khan looks to clinch
and Tony counters with a nice kick to the body.
Khan has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Tony.
Khan tries to clinch but Tony moves away
and Tony counters with an inside leg kick.
Tony circles away from the clinch attempt
and Tony counters with a low kick, right behind Khan 's knee.
Khan tries to clinch but Tony moves away
and Tony counters with a nice low kick that buckles Khan's knee momentarily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tony turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
A good leg kick by Tony.
Khan looks to clinch
and Tony counters with a body kick.

Tony tries to keep at a distance but Khan has taken the fight into the clinch.
Khan pushes off an throws an elbow but Tony leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Khan tries to land a knee to the head but Tony blocks with his arms.
Tony blocks an elbow strike.
Tony wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Khan has him pressed against the cage.
Tony avoids a wild elbow strike from Khan.
Tony avoids a wild elbow strike from Khan.
Khan misses with a knee strike.
Tony is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Tony is trying to break free.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Khan misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Tony.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Khan as Tony tries to tie him up.
Khan lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Khan throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Tony taking a breather.
Leon Khan seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Tony avoids a wild elbow strike from Khan.
Khan tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Khan throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Khan creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Tony's defenses.
A frustrated look appears on Tony's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Tony blocks an elbow strike.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Pretty Tony dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Pretty Tony's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Khan darts in trying to clinch
and Tony counters with a solid body kick.
Khan chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Tony can pounce on him.
Tony lands with a nice body kick.
Khan wants to clinch but Tony slips to the side
and Tony counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Khan looks to clinch
and Tony counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Khan wants to clinch
and Tony counters with a leg kick.
Khan tries to clinch
and Tony counters with a low kick, right behind Khan 's knee.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tony connects with an inside leg kick.
Khan on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Khan takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

Khan has managed to clinch.
Khan using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Tony has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Khan tries to land knees in the clinch but Tony avoids the damage to the body.
With the fighters up against the cage, Khan throws an elbow but misses.
Tony blocks an elbow strike from Khan.
Tony blocks the elbow strike.
Khan trying to land knees to the body.
Tony avoids the elbow strike from Khan, against the cage.
Tony wants to break free but Khan has control.
Khan misses with an elbow over the top.
Khan throws an elbow that misses.
Khan keeps control of Tony as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Khan looking to throw knees to the head but Tony is blocking nicely.
Khan has Tony pressed against the cage, preventing Tony from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Khan pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Khan throws an elbow but it misses.
Pretty Tony has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Khan keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Tony's efforts to push away.
Tony avoids a wild elbow strike from Khan.
Tony blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Khan with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Tony misses with a punch to the body.
Khan tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Tony avoids it.
Tony avoids a wild elbow strike from Khan.
Tony tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Tony avoids the elbow strike from Khan, against the cage.
Khan is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Tony is defending well.
Tony avoiding damage as Khan throws knees to the body.
With the fighters up against the cage, Khan throws an elbow but misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tony is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Tony taking a breather.
A frustrated look appears on Tony's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Tony tries to break the clinch but Khan is controlling the position.
Khan throws an elbow that misses.
Tony is trying to break the clinch but Khan has him pressed against the cage.
Tony avoids a wild elbow strike from Khan.
Khan keeps control of Tony as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Khan throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Tony avoids a wild elbow strike from Khan.
Khan with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Tony tries to throw a body punch but Khan avoids it by throwing Tony back against the cage.
Tony tries to circle away but Khan has him pinned against the cage.
Tony wants to break free but Khan has control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Tony is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Tony dodges an elbow strike from Khan.
Khan blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Khan throws an elbow but it misses.
Tony dodges an elbow strike from Khan.
Khan pushes off an throws an elbow but Tony leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Tony can't break the clinch.
Khan throws an elbow but it misses.
Tony looking to stall.
Khan blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Tony trying to stall but Khan improves his position.
Tony tries to break the clinch but Khan is controlling the position.
Khan misses with an elbow strike.
Tony misses with a hook from the clinch.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Leon Khan.
I think Khan has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.

Judge George Francis scores the fight for Leon Khan!
Judge Tiny Johnson scores the fight for Leon Khan!
Judge Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight for Leon Khan!

Leon Khan wins by unanimous decision!
Leon Khan seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.

C
A

C
B

energy
A | B

hype
A | B

pop
A | B

mgr
A | B

FIGHT
RATING
40%

Main event

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Alexandre Pesic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Vincente Russo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Alexandre Pesic has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Pesic
vs
Russo

188 cm
18
180 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

180 cm
18
176 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Brawler
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Can Moonwalk

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Alexandre Pesic!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Vincente Russo!
The judges for this bout are Gwen Towbar, Frank Dennis and Chris Downing.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Russo tries to keep at a distance but Pesic has taken the fight into the clinch.
Pesic lands with a right to the head.
Pesic tries to throw a body punch but Russo avoids it by throwing Pesic back against the cage.
A short uppercut from Pesic.
Pesic lands an uppercut.
Russo has a couple of punches blocked by Pesic.
Russo letting Pesic take a breather here.
Russo blocks a body shot from Pesic.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Pesic.
Pesic tries to throw a body punch but Russo avoids it by throwing Pesic back against the cage.
Pesic lands an uppercut.
Russo working aggressively here.
Pesic doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Russo takes a shot to the head.
A head punch on the inside from Russo fails to land.
Russo being controlled against the cage.
Russo fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice body punch from Pesic.
Pesic working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Pesic stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Pesic lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Russo misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Russo struggles to land a body shot inside as Pesic controls his hands.
Russo misses with a punch on the inside.
Pesic blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Russo scores with a shot to the side of Pesic's head.
Russo misses with a short punch on the inside.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Pesic makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Pesic stalling against the cage.
Pesic lands a hook that snaps the head of Russo backwards.
Pesic is struggling to control the position.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Pesic creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Russo works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Russo tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Pesic is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Russo lands a right hand.
Pesic scores with an uppercut up the middle.

Russo is rocked!
Russo wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Pesic is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Russo misses with the head strike.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Pesic.
Russo takes a shot to the head.
Russo is still on wobbly legs! Can Pesic finish him?
Good body shot from Pesic.
Pesic works on Russo's body with a couple of short punches.
Pesic lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Russo backwards.
A left hand lands to the body for Pesic.
Russo looks winded!
Pesic lands a body punch in the clinch.
Pesic creates some distance for himself and unleashes a massive uppercut that sends Russo's eyes rolling into the back of his head! Russo drops to his knees and Pesic pours it on with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Alexandre Pesic!